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Apalachee Bay Tallahassee Florida USA 412 11,900 150 3.0 30 2,813 130 Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola Florida USA 554 53,100 824 3.0 22 2,396 36 Aransas Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 539 53,900 28 3.0 15 393 85 Atchafalaya and Vermilion Bays Port Barre Louisiana USA 1,821 260,600 6,337 2.0 1 1,870 Baffin Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 219 7,718 4 2.3 40 21 Bahía de Cabañas Havana Havana Cuba Bahía de Cárdenas 250 Bahía de Cayo Largo La Fe Pinar del Río Cuba 

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1 of 4 8/14/2012 9:01 AMBahía de la Habana Havana Havana Cuba 5 4 9.2 Bahía de Mariel Havana Havana Cuba Bahía de Matanzas Santa Marta Matanzas Cuba

Bahía de PalenciaLa Fé Pinar del Río Cuba Bahía de Santa Lucia Minas de

Matahambre Pinar del

Río Cuba

Bahía Guadiana Hato Guane Pinar del Río Cuba 675 0-10

Bahía Honda Havana Pinar del Río Cuba Barataria Bay New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,673 5,700 156 2.0 13 Brazos River Waco Texas USA 5 500 210 3.0 28 81 Breton and Chandeleur Sounds New Orleans Louisiana USA 5,403 6,500 292 3.0 27 57

Calcasieu Lake Lake Charles Louisiana USA 256 11,100 178 1.0 12 494 Caloosahatchee River Fort Myers Florida USA 62 3,625 4.3 Charlotte Harbor Fort Myers Florida USA 805 13,000 1 2.0 13 2,525 214 Choctawhatchee Bay Niceville Florida USA 334 14,000 241 5.0 25 1,133 12 Copano Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA Corpus Christi Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 497 49,700 34 3.0 22 121 53 Crystal River and Tarpon Springs Tampa Florida USA Espiritu Santo BayPort O'Connor Texas Calhoun Estero Bay Fort Myers Florida USA 759 758 Estero Corbea Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba Estero de Yucalpeten Merida Yucatan Mexico 15 1.4 32 - 48 Estuario Antigua Veracruz Veracruz Mexico Estuario Casitas - Nautla Martinez de la

Torre Veracruz Mexico Estuario Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 11-18 3 Estuario de Sabancuy Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche Mexico 1-2.5 32-37

Estuario El PradoMantua Pinar del Río Cuba Estuario Frontera Frontera Tabasco Mexico Estuario Panuco Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico 107,200 Estuario Santa Teresa Bahía Honda Pinar del Río Cuba Estuario TecolutlaTecolutla Veracruz Mexico Estuario Tonalá Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico Florida Bay Key West Florida USA 1,393 2,800 2.0 31 1,052 Galveston Bay Galveston Texas USA 1,399 63,500 430 2.0 11 1,594 73 Grand Bay Moss Point Mississippi USA 

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2 of 4 8/14/2012 9:01 AMLaguna Alvarado Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 62 1.5 Laguna Atasta Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche México 30 1.5Laguna CarmenMachona Cardenas Tabasco Mexico 88 3.0 Laguna Chijol Tampico Veracruz México Laguna de Celestun Merida Yucatan Mexico 284 Laguna de Tamiahua Tampico Veracruz Mexico 880 2-3 Laguna de Tampamachoco Tuxpan Veracruz Mexico 15 22.8-33.3 Laguna de Términos Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche Mexico 2,000 Laguna de Yalahau (Conil) Cancun Quintana Roo Mexico Laguna del OstionCoatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 13 17 Laguna El Farallon Veracruz Mexico 8 Laguna El Llano Port of

Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23 1.7 22 Laguna Grande Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23 Laguna La Mancha Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 2 Laguna Madre Corpus Christi Texas USA 3,658 150,700 25 1.1 36 1,825 773 Laguna MandingaPort of

Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 33 18 Laguna MecoacanCardenas Tabasco Mexico 52 19 Laguna Morales Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas Mexico 65 35 Laguna Pueblo Viejo Tampico Veracruz Mexico 94 1.5 13 Laguna Salada Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 1 Laguna San Agustin Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 21 Laguna San Andres Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas Mexico 2,384 Laguna Sontecomapan Villa Hermosa Veracruz Mexico 9 2.0 Laguna Tupilco Villahermosa Tabasco Mexico 8 1.0 LagunasNichupteBojorquez Cancun Quintana Roo Mexico 110 21 - 52 Lake Borgne New Orleans Louisiana USA 730 38,300 303 3.0 7 Lake Pontchartrain New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,839 14,200 303 3.0 2 Matagorda Bay Bay City Texas USA 1,093 109,300 150 2.0 19 348 28 Mermentau River Mermentau Louisiana USA Mississippi River New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,554 2,931,100 13,150 6.0 6 Mississippi SoundGulfport Mississippi USA 4,792 69,700 1,235 4.0 24 4,326 121 Mobile Bay Mobile Alabama USA 1,059 115,500 2,246 3.0 19 2,651 20 Pensacola Bay Pensacola Florida USA 370 18,100 328 4.0 23 991 32 Perdido Bay Perdido Alabama USA 130 3,100 62 3.0 15 688 

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3 of 4 8/14/2012 9:01 AMRia Lagartos Merida Yucatan Mexico 95 Río Almendares Havana Havana Cuba Río Banes Cuba Río Buenavista Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba

Río Mantua Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba Río Pan de Azúcar Minas de

Matahambre Pinar del

Río Cuba Río Quibú Cuba Río Salado Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba 9,999 Rookery Bay Naples Florida USA Sabine Lake and Estuary Sabine Texas USA 243 54,100 487 2.0 11 967 San Antonio Bay San Antonio Texas USA 531 53,100 116 2.0 13 271 65 Sarasota Bay Sarasota Florida USA 114 800 11 2.0 30 12 36 St. Andrews Bay Panama City Florida USA 243 2,800 127 4.0 31 1,016 53 St. Charles Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA St. Joseph Bay Apalachicola Florida USA Suwanee River Lake City Florida USA Tampa Bay and Keys Tampa Bay Florida USA 896 6,700 68 3.0 27 1,020 121TimbalierTerrebonne Bays Terrebonne Louisiana USA 1,761 4,100 130 2.0 18 Weeks Bay Fairhope Alabama USA 150 1.4



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